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  1. Dave I must admit I would have run out of nails! I have a short fuse at times and when I blow I swear and I do mean SWEAR and it matters little if it is male or female I swear at.

    Now where is that case of nails?

    Ok a box will do, I have over the years learned to control it but it is not perfect.

    I do blame part of it on I do not take NO for an answer and being half deaf I tend to talk louder to start with, that right off puts people on the defensive.

    As we age we do tend to mellow, some, but still that "no" word is not one I accept very willingly, see I have mellowed as I mature:)


  2. Turkey, are you kidding!

    Not that found of it, a bit of dark meat but the stuffing is where the flavor is at.

    HAM is what I like, and it has to be moist and not injected with water.

    Not easy to find anymore, most hams sold have been filled with water, read the label and you will see, broth injected or some other word.

    Even better is the Hawaiin Kalua pig!

    A good Kalua pig is very moist. YUMMY YUM.

    Jon


  3. What John Orr should do is send this guy a registered letter with proof of delivery and tell him point blank he does not have permission to use any of his pictures and to do so shall bring legal action against him.

    Then keep checking his board to be sure he obeys, or have an attorney send the letter.

    I remember someone used one of Beth and Rods pictures not that long ago and I think Beth called him on it then he removed it.

    Sometimes you have to get tough with those that steal and lie.

    Morgan you did the right thing too.

    Jon


  4. NO I hate heat and humity, I love the winters there.

    Heat, gad our summers here are 100 plus daily but smoggy.

    Unlike my neighbors in AZ. who have dry heat.

    I was born and raised a beach bum, er boy, lived less then a mile from Santa Monica's old Pacific Ocean Park, some will recall it was POP the magic dragon song that make it popular in the 60s.


  5. I might take you up on that the next time I visit my best friend who sent that to me.

    He lives in Mariette, GA and truth be told I truly love that area, convincing the wife is another story.

    And with a second grandchild on the way I think I would be told move if you want but I am staying here.

    Usually I go in Dec/Jan but last couple years have not gone then, went in July WHEW!


  6. ATLANTA

    This is for anyone who lives in Atlanta, who has ever lived in

    Atlanta, has visited Atlanta, ever plans to visit Atlanta, knows anyone who lives in Atlanta, knows anyone who has ever visited Atlanta or anyone who has ever heard of Atlanta, Georgia.

    Atlanta is composed mostly of one way streets. The only way to get out of downtown Atlanta is to turn around and start over when you reach Greenville, South Carolina.

    All directions start with, "Go down Peachtree" and include the

    phrase, "When you see the Waffle House." Except that in Cobb County, all directions begin with, "Go to the Big Chicken."

    Peachtree Street has no beginning and no end and is not to be confused With Peachtree Circle, Peachtree Place, Peachtree Lane, Peachtree Road, Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree Run, Peachtree Trace, Peachtree Ave, Peachtree Commons, Peachtree Battle, Peachtree Corners, New Peachtree, Old Peachtree, West Peachtree, Peachtree-Dunwoody, Peachtree-Chamblee, or Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

    Atlantans only know their way to work and their way home. If you ask anyone for directions they will always send you down Peachtree. Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola. That's all we drink here, so don't ask for any other soft drink unless it's made by Coca-Cola. And even then it's still "Coke."

    Gate One at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport is 32 miles

    away from the Main Concourse, so wear sneakers and pack a lunch.

    It's impossible to go around a block and wind up on the street you

    started on.

    The Chamber of Commerce calls it a "scenic drive" and has posted signs to that effect, so that out-of-towners don't feel lost...they're just on a "scenic drive."

    The 8:00am rush hour is from 6:30 to 10:30am. The 5:00pm rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:30pm. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday afternoon, and lasts through 2:00am Saturday.

    Sir" and "Ma'am" are used by the person speaking to you if there's a remote possibility that you're at least 30 minutes older than they are.

    A native can only pronounce Ponce De Leon Avenue, so do not attempt the Spanish pronunciation. People will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you. (The Atlanta pronunciation is "pahnss duh LEE-on").

    The falling of one rain drop causes all drivers to immediately forget all traffic rules; so will daylight savings time, a girl applying eye shadow in the next car, or a flat tire three lanes over.

    If a single snowflake falls, the city is paralyzed for three days, and

    it's on all the channels as a news flash every 15 minutes for a month. All the grocery stores will be sold out of milk, bread, bottled water, toilet paper, and beer. If there is a remote chance of snow, and if it does snow, people will be on the corner selling "I survived the blizzard" tee-shirts, not to mention the fact that all schools will close at the slightest possible chance of snow.

    If you are standing on a corner and a MARTA Bus stops, you're expected to get on and go somewhere.

    Construction on Peachtree Street is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment, especially when a water line is tapped and Atlanta's version of Old Faithful erupts.

    Construction crews are not doing their jobs properly unless they close down all major streets during rush hour.

    Atlantans are very proud of our racetrack, known as Road Atlanta. It winds throughout the city on the Interstates, hence its name.

    Actually, I-285, the loop that encircles Atlanta and has a posted

    speed limit of 55mph (but you have to maintain 80 mph just to keep from getting run over), is known to truckers as "The Watermelon 500."

    Georgia 400 is our equivalent of the Autobahn. You will rarely see a semi-truck on GA 400, because even the truck drivers are intimidated by the oversized SUV-wielding housewives racing home after a grueling day at the salon or the tennis match to meet their children at the school bus coming home from the college prep preschool.

    The last thing you want to do is give another driver the finger, unless your car is armored, your trigger finger is itchy and your AK-47 has a full clip.

    The pollen count is off the national scale for unhealthy, which starts at 120! Atlanta is usually in the 2,000 to 4,000 range. All roads, vehicles, houses, etc. are yellow from March 28th to July 15th. If you have any allergies you will die.

    But other than that, it's a great place to live!


  7. Alan I told you before DON'T get personal about my home life!!!

    No I tried HD 80 this time, Beth said it works better!

    I have never been cited nor do I plan to since I obey the laws.

    All I was saying is all water at some point came from RAIN.

    Therefor all water going down the storm drain is rain water.

    Read the law, it does not say it MUST BE RAINING, only that the only water allowed down the storm drains is rain water.

    Bet someone wins a case with that arguement then they change the laws to say something like "must be raining" or not prior rain water but current raining water.


  8. Ok this can be posted in a few forums but I chose this one for broad coverage.

    This is about WATER, EPA, storm drains etc.

    We all know the bottom line is NO WATER but RAIN water down the drains.

    Ok so your out doing your thing, water going down the storm drain etc.

    You get cited by EPA or city employee for letting the water go down the drain.

    You appear in court, you get your say but want the EPA guy to present his side first and the judge agrees.

    SO it is now time to show you broke NO LAWS.

    Your argument about breaking the law is simple and should for all times get EPA and other agencies that enforce CWA off our butts.

    Tell the Judge the water you are allowing to go down the drain is RAIN WATER.

    Truth be told, even the great Glaciers came from the rain before freezing.

    Tap water too, bottled water, ALL WATER.

    So who is breaking what law your honor? All I was using was CLEANED RAIN WATER but still it rained at one time before I used that water, right Sir.

    Case dismissed.

    See all water at one time was rain water, it becomes snow, melts, flows to water tanks, dams, etc. RIGHT


  9. Big brother has arrived.

    In Ornage County, home of Disneyland neighbors turn in neighbors who wash their cars in the driveway, really.

    Some even turn them in if washing on the lawn, now that to me is going to far and I will be the first to admit to that.

    Ernie your using the wrong words, to use the word WASTE is asking for trouble.

    Now if it is just picked up, not relcaimed yes it is waste water and cannot be mixed with any other jobs water, you must take that to a certified dump station, pay to dump it and go back to do the next job.

    IF you RECLAIM your water, meaning it goes though filtering systems that remove some, I would like to say all or most but they don't, they remove SOME of the chemicals, grease, oil and other things, then it is called reclaimed water, legal to haul down the road. Legal to mix with the next job, heck I use it on the next job.

    What happens here and on other boards is people say things that scare others concerning the CWA and what is and is not allowed.

    Call your local sanitary department and ask them for the book on what is allowed down the sewers, you might find you can dam up the water and using a sump pump pump it directly down a sewer.

    Mind you I am not saying a storm drain. But before you do make sure they give you the ok, if they say it is ok get the persons NAME and make a note of the talks and KEEP IT WITH YOU in case your ever stopped.

    Ok here is a situation that has happened to me in the past, I was doing a job, yes I had degreaser sprayed down, it starts to rain, so what am I required to do, suck up all the rain water with my water or just let the whole thing go down the storm drains?

    That really did happen to me a couple times.

    Jon


  10. John T.

    Do you think we here in CA love spending all that money on reclaim equipment, NO and we also know most guys are only giving lip service to customers about doing it, even companies like Fleet Wash, they claim to do it every job, LOL yeah right.

    Sure I would rather not mess with it as it is a pain but I try to follow the laws best I can.

    I get asked more and more if I do reclaim or capture the water I put down. Companies are getting educated here by their trade organizations.

    The California Restaurant Association in their monthly magazine harps on it, month after month so most restaurants are well aware of it.

    Many national chains will not hire you if you don't do it and they will fire you if you get caught cleaning and not reclaiming.

    Jon


  11. John T.

    Do you think we here in CA love spending all that money on reclaim equipment, NO and we also know most guys are only giving lip service to customers about doing it, even companies like Fleet Wash, they claim to do it every job, LOL yeah right.

    Sure I would rather not mess with it as it is a pain but I try to follow the laws best I can.

    I get asked more and more if I do reclaim or capture the water I put down. Companies are getting educated here by their trade organizations.

    The California Restaurant Association in their monthly magazine harps on it, month after month so most restaurants are well aware of it.

    Jon


  12. Riftz,

    I can assure you that when one of those stations gets caught and fined $20,000 plus AND the pressure washer gets fined around $5,000 things will change.

    True some areas do nothing about the CWA, others do to much and some are about right, granted it is a pain, takes about 15 or so extra minutes to set up, and as I move down the job site I have to move the equipment too so more time.

    I reuse the water after it goes though the reclaim system, I carry no waste water, just reclaimed.

    What bugs me is what has been said, the employee's hose down the fuel area and the water goes down the storm drains, most cities seem to think that is legal since it is not high pressure hot water removing grease, oil, gas etc.

    How wrong can they be, if I do that same job I MUST RECLAIM or else I can get fined and here they are out at night checking.

    I have had them come up to me when drawing water out of hydrants asking to see my permit, really but most know me well enough to know I am doing so legally. Most just wave as they drive by. Same with reclaim.

    Fleet washers in some areas here have to demo their reclaim before getting a permit to wash and the fleet owner must have a copy of the pressure washers permit posted or both get fined.

    Now you mention you would end your business if you HAD TO RECLAIM, why not look at it from another point of view, be the first to offer reclaim, use it in your ads, talk about how your business does it's share to help clean the enviroment etc.

    Get a jump on all your competitors.

    Go to your local phone company and have them order you a few phone books from say San Diego, Riverside, Anahiem and Los Angeles and look at the ads. Those that offer reclaim or enviromental cleaning get the jobs more and more as companies learn they have to do their part to help.

    I understand Wal-Mart ask that very question before you even get to first base with them, DO YOU RECLAIM your water, say No and they say sorry we cannot use you, say YES and they ask for a bid.

    Might not be true for all states but here in CA it is.

    Jon


  13. I have used a Shur-Flo pump almost from day one, tried a pump up and it would not reach far so did more walking, now I can stand and spray most of the area I need but I will admit I have 100 feet of hose attached to it for drive thoughs.

    One thing about those pumps, if your going to run chemicals though them be sure to get the proper pump, some cannot handle harsh chemicals.

    Jon

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